Reflections on HH's talk

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends:

 

HH 1008 Sugun.endra TIrtha ShrIpAdAcAryaru informed us in his

speech as to how the NyAyasudhA of Jaya TIrtha and the

Rukmin.Isha Vijaya of VAdirAja TIrtha were the 2 works which

were put on the canopy atop an elephant and paraded around.

 

In this connexion, I would like to comment on the

Rukmin.Ishavijaya which was written with a mangaLanAma as

against the amangalanAma of MAgha's work, the ShishupAlavadhA.

What an inauspicious title compared to Rukmin.Ishavijaya (sounds

much more pleasant)!

 

It reminds me of how VAlmIki among the 3 options chose the

mangaLa title of RAmAyan.a instead of either SItAyAshcarita or

the wholly amangaLa title PaulastyavadhA.

 

kAvyam rAmAyan.am kRtsnam sItAyAshcaritam mahat

paulastyavadhamityevam cakAra caritavrataH

 

(RAmAyan.a BAlakAn.Da 4:7)

 

" The poem of RAma's wanderings, the great story of SItA and

the story of the slaying of Paulastya. "

 

 

Hari-VAyu smaran.a

B.N.Hebbar